Beth Larkin

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Project Manager @ City of Austin
Austin, TX, US
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Austin, Texas, United States, United States
About Beth Larkin

Beth is an Associate who brings extensive project management, fundraising, and marketing expertise from her 13+ years of experience within Austin’s robust greenspace, parks, and active transportation nonprofit scene and 4 years of landscape design.Prior to joining Studio Balcones, Beth was the Membership Director of the nonprofit coalition Austin Outside, which works to champion vibrant and thriving outdoor places for all in Greater Austin where she helped secure $460 million in local bond funding for bike lanes, urban trails, and sidewalks.Previous to that, she served for 9 years on the senior leadership team as the Project & Creative Director for The Trail Foundation, now The Trail Conservancy, and helped develop and manage many iconic Butler Trail projects, like the Boardwalk, the Butler Trail Urban Forestry and Ecological Restoration Guidelines, the Seaholm Waterfront, the Boardwalk Benches, and 3 locally designed trail restrooms. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M with a degree in Landscape Architecture in 2006. She is an avid knitter, voracious reader, food lover, hiker, swimmer and accumulator of hobbies - you can view some of these creative exploits on her portfolio at BethLarkin.com. She has run the Central Austin Book Club since 2008 and led the Dressember fundraising team, Dress Well, Do Good, to raise over $280,500 from 2015-2021 to help free people from human trafficking domestically and abroad. In 2020 and 2019, she was the top Dressember advocate worldwide, with a 8-year fundraising total of over $77,300 - one of her proudest accomplishments.

Beth Larkin's Current Company Details
City of Austin

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Project Manager
Austin, TX, US
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Beth Larkin Work Experience Details
  • City Of Austin
    Project Manager
    City Of Austin
    Austin, Tx, Us
  • Studio Balcones
    Project And Marketing Manager
    Studio Balcones Mar 2023 - Present
    Austin, Tx
    Our residential, commercial, and civic environments are context-sensitive and beautiful, with moments of the unexpected. We champion resilient plants and sustainable materials crafted with a modern aesthetic. We’re a certified Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) with the City of Austin and a certified Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) with the State of Texas. With expertise in the residential, commercial, and public sector, we provide landscape architectural services for a wide range of projects, working solo or as part of a team.• Manage landscape design services for Austin’s future light rail stations, working with the larger HUG Team (HKS, UN Studio, Gehl) to deliver project guidelines. The system will establish new sustainability standards for public transit worldwide.• Manage the Construction Document and Construction Administration phase for the Roger Lavon Taylor Sr. Plaza. This one-acre Park Plaza celebrates historic Airport Tower and the spirit of travel. Project design includes sculptural landforms, a universally accessible “Flight Path” connected to a viewing deck 20 feet above grade, an amphitheater, open lawn space, and numerous gathering spaces. • Lead Marketing and Business Development for the firm, creating and standardizing processes for RFQs and proposal submissions. Also planning corporate events, updating website, launching blog and external newsletter.
  • Austin Book Club
    Founder & Facilitator
    Austin Book Club Jan 2008 - Present
    Austin, Texas Area
    The Austin Book Club gathers together women across Central Austin to foster strong community and stimulating conversation through the discussion of a variety of books.
  • Austin Outside
    Membership Director
    Austin Outside Mar 2020 - Mar 2023
    Austin, Texas, United States
    Austin Outside champions vibrant and thriving outdoor places for all in Greater Austin. Greater Austin will be known for its healthy outdoor culture and vibrant public places. We envision a future where everyone lives within a 10 minute walk of a high-quality outdoor park, greenspace, or natural area and that these green jewels are connected by a safe and comfortable network of trails, bikeways, and sidewalks.· Led and organized membership & committee meetings to promote collaboration, identify partnerships, share information, and to provide opportunities to build a collective voice.· Launched, organized, and facilitated virtual training to educate 60+ coalition members on funding parks, active transportation, and open space through ballot measures.· Compiled and sent regular membership communications to support and amplify membership-led work and projects that align with AO mission and values.· Grew organization membership from 20 to 60+ for coalition building to represent all of Greater Austin.· Created and maintained policies and systems for operations to achieve maximum organizational efficiency. · Facilitated creation of 3-year strategic plan to guide AO’s future work and relationships. Design final document.· Formed 7+ committees with annual work plans to achieve goals outlined in Strategic Plan.· Recruited membership advocacy for 2020 Prop B: Safe Mobility for All, the Healthy Streets Program, federal funding, letters of support, and more.· Set up and oversaw all aspects of finances including annual budgeting, fundraising & development, accounting & bookkeeping, GL management, and tax filing.
  • The Trail Foundation
    Project Director
    The Trail Foundation Sep 2010 - Aug 2019
    Austin, Tx
    In the heart of Austin is the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail at Lady Bird Lake. With more than 4.4 million visits a year, the 10-mile trail is Austin’s most recognized and popular recreational area. TTF is the non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, connecting, and enhancing this 200+ acre space for the benefit of all. • Served on the senior leadership team as an active participant in making decisions affecting future of TTF.• Led strategic project planning to ensure initiatives & projects align with vision & mission of organization.• Created & managed $2+ million annual project budget. Participated in annual budget setting & end of year financial review.• Shifted project pacing from ‘one-at-a-time’, to managing & prioritizing 10+ projects simultaneously.• Developed & maintained critical COA departmental relationships.• Collaborated & grew relationships with community partners to leverage additional resources to achieve over-lapping goals.• Built & stewarded sustainable project processes to ensure efficiency of implementation.• Wrote, managed, distributed, scheduled RFQ processes.• Identified consultants, vendors, & contractors; negotiated contracts; & managed project team to reach project completion.• Spearheaded Project Committee comprised of Board Members & volunteers, who help direct project prioritization, implementation, & vision for future projects.• Performed media interviews related to projects.• Spoke at conferences, panels, & more to expand the reach of the Foundation’s vision.• Supported development team by presenting projects to potential donors & creating project copy to support grant-writing & donor development.• Hired & managed part-time & full-time employees.• Worked with national partners to co-host events for invited professionals from around country. National partners include: Central Park Conservancy: Urban Practitioner Roundtable Spring 2019, Urban Land Institute National Technical Assistance Panel August 2019.
  • The Trail Foundation
    Project And Creative Director
    The Trail Foundation Sep 2010 - Dec 2018
    Austin, Texas Area
    In addition to the activities listed above for Project Director, as Creative Director I performed these further duties: marketing, IT, communications (traditional and new media), graphic design, brand identity, web and more.• Contributed to organizational identity and maintained brand consistency in all marketing and communications. Launched 15th-anniversary brand identity. • Created, visioned and designed all marketing materials, internal, external, digital and print for events, mailers, website, social media, newsletters, fundraising; graphics and copy. • Developed & executed strategies and collaborated on messaging, content, design, and production of marketing and fund solicitation materials (digital, print, social media, video and web) to highlight the work of TTF, our partners, stakeholders and donors.• Designed, built, coded, wrote copy, structured and implemented new website. Maintained major project website updates.• Built and launched shared drive for organization. • Selected and implemented software. Trained staff in all software. • Managed existing social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter). Launched Instagram presence. • Managed the production of all marketing materials.• Provided marketing and social media photography.• Implemented new CRM tool and integrated with website.• Moved all newsletter communications to MailChimp. Implemented best practices. Redesigned newsletter to match brand identity.• Managed all volunteer events, from groups of 10 to groups of 100.
  • Dress Well, Do Good
    Founder
    Dress Well, Do Good Jun 2015 - Jan 2017
    Austin, Tx
    We are Ellie Kirkland and Elizabeth Larkin, two friends on a journey making ethical, yet attainable, fashion decisions by gaining more understanding of how our buying decisions affect others so that people near and far are better off because of how we use our purchasing power. We use our blog to discuss and educate our readers about ethical fashion through styling posts, well-researched discussions on relevant key topics, and company features with giveaways. Our blog aims to keep a heavy social justice discussion accessible while providing our readers with options of ethical brands for their toolkit so they can make informed purchases in the future.
  • Tbg Partners
    Landscape Designer, Leed Ap
    Tbg Partners Aug 2006 - Jun 2009
    Austin, Texas Area
    Over 100 visionary minds, reshaping raw space into livable places across the country and abroad. A critical combination of 30-year industry veterans paired with dynamic, young talent, collectively composing, calculating, and anticipating the tendencies of living systems. • Designed landscape plans from concept to construction with a focus on native plants to meet project sustainability and maintenance goals• Created accurate construction documents and design details in AutoCAD demonstrating an understanding of the relationship of design and constructability• Created hand and computer renderings to communicate landscape design concepts to clients and partners• Managed and created project presentations to ensure design concepts and goals were easily understood• Worked collaboratively with other disciplines to achieve project goals• Prepared detailed cost estimates at each phase of design to ensure budget goals were achieved• Worked under supervision of a project manager or senior-level team member
  • Tbg Partners
    Landscape Architecture Intern
    Tbg Partners Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
    Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    - Provided Hand Graphics and Renderings - Created Photoshop Layouts and Renderings - AutoCAD Technician - Provided Landscape Design
  • Smr Landscape Architects
    Summer Landscape Architecture Intern
    Smr Landscape Architects May 2002 - Jul 2005
    Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    - AutoCAD Technician - Created Construction Documents and Details - Provided HR for Client Base

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Beth Larkin attended Texas A&m University.

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